Rachmaninoff: Vespers: Now Let Thy Servant Depart

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Robert Shaw conducts the Robert Shaw Festival Singers as they perform Now Let Thy Servant Depart from Rachmaninoff's Vespers. Superior in every aspect!

English Translation:
"Now Let Thy Servant Depart" (Prayer of St. Simeon):
Lord, now Thou lettest Thy servant depart,
According to Thy word, in peace.
For mine eyes have seen Thy salvation
Thou has prepared before the face of all people,
A Light to illuminate the Gentiles
And the glory of Thy people Israel.

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[Jpmadore1]

Rachmaninoff, wherever you may be, please spare pavelkostov any wrath of yours-he's just a simpleton who doesn't know anything about what it takes to make choirs work.

[csheff1014]

Amen!  Well Spoken!

[verystacy]

I converted from atheism when I heard this song.

[goodtwitch]

Rachmaninoff really captures the feeling of the individual identity merging with the infinite in this work.

[videoreff]

My favourite of the Vespers, probably the most beautiful choral piece I'll ever hear.

The low note at the end is a B flat, believe it or not composer Paul Mealors' choral work De Profundis includes a low E, which is six semitones below this incredibly low note.

He is about to start recording the work & is looking for someone capable of singing the low E.

[TheChaoticJoker]

Thank you. Thank you so much. I have been looking for this for over 7 years. I heard this when i was a child and i couldn't get it out of my head and one day i am looking around youtube and your vid pops up. Thank you so much, you don't know what this means to me.

[MegaMikss]

GOD BLESS YOU !

[SPSFOREVER]

Haha Misha Collins brought me here. I'm quite glad he did. This is epic! :D

[bizintin]

@verystacy  Such happy happy when I read your response to this video, not necessarily, that you converted but that you have such a delightful way of saying the joy of this music.

[panic0in0paradise]

... this is how they lure you in, hehe, with this ever amazing music -- firstly.

[niceonemicky]

I have just read all the comments and decided as a buddehist convert (self inflicted) from the indoctrination of the catholic jesuit brothers I still like this.

in the end music is music and it either makes sense or it does not to me it inspires a peace in my turmulent mind for all the righ reasons.

[gudrunshil]

nice



[6digit]

@jonathanbarshaul

i know this music was made for orthodox christian it can also heard too in some roman catholic masses!

[dunstonchecksin86]

@goodtwitch  :)